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EP 0 927 482 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/27

(21)	Application number: 98931787.0

(22)	Date of filing: 02.07.1998

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04L 29/ 08^{( . )}
H04L 12/ 46^{( . )}
H04L 12/ 66^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 00^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 38^{( . )}
H04W 74/ 00^{( . )}

H04L 12/ 28^{( . )}
H04L 12/ 56^{( . )}
H04L 29/ 06^{( . )}
H04M 11/ 00^{( . )}
H04W 4/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1998/013858

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1999/001969 (14.01.1999 Gazette 1999/02)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

03.07.1997 US 19970887313

(71)	Applicant: 3Com Corporation
	Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	XU, Yingchun Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 (US) CARDWELL, Bennett, S. Evanston, IL 60201 (US)

(74)	Representative: Butler, Michael John
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

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